I am Polish and I am surprised he kept so calm. I could already imagine the outrage if that would be a common thing for Polish politicians, our people would even demonstrate against EU as this type o action would be a clear sign of disrespect and contempt. Basically what they decided to do was "Let's just pretend like there's nothing wrong and let him think he is actually bringing something into the debate".
Malta has two languages, Maltese (primary lang) and English...He could have used both but being a person against the EU he tried to show off. He is a great salesman but also corrupt and co-starred in a murder.
@@fisioserv other countries also have English as their second language but I don't see them talking in English either, you hypocrite. We have our own language, we are a part of the EU, Maltese is an official language so we speak our language like every other country. Do not bring in the murder to this argument, as if you know the full story behind the impact, not only what they speak on social media.
I think the title should be changed. He didn’t make a scene he made a powerful and true statement. We need him back in office or a politician similar who has a backbone and the guts to stand up for Maltese people
His reaction was rightly appropriate, we were told that Maltese is an official language. If it were to be a bigger country in this situation there would have been an outrage. Just because we are a small country it does not mean we are inferior to larger countries. We can speak and write English fine as you can see, but still Maltese is our national language so why shouldn't we promote our language? It might seem like gibberish to the people who do not speak it, however it is an invalid argument because your language sounds like gibberish to me, it does not make your language any less important so just because you don't understand Maltese it does not make it any less important than the language you speak. Every other language had a translator so why shouldn't we have one?
gamergurl Omni Maltija. The Maltese language is actually beautiful on the ears, not just because I'm naturally biased, but however, a well spoken Maltese is beautifully spoken. For the world. Malta was very important in history. Annoys me how they all regard the Greatest Small Nation Ever as a wtf.
"The Maltese language is actually beautiful on the ears, not just because I'm naturally biased, but however, a well spoken Maltese is beautifully spoken." Most agree that the use of circular logic in anything that could be regarded as an argument or discussion should be avoided..
Where on earth can you find someone with high level fluency in Maltese and Lithuanian, or Maltese and Irish, or Maltese and Slovakian? I would be surprised if such a person even existed.
YEs Malta is inferior but only because the maltese say , ta barra kollox ahjar min malta , u daq joqqod barra mistajbien kemm gheddin ahjar ta barra , ghax ta barra ta , eh daq joqqod awstralia mela malta ghanda ghammel hawn , His reaction was typical maltese , wanted to be superior carry on in english show them how clever we are , put your point across , then destroy them after . Maltese are so stuck up , you really have nothing to be pompous about cant even rule your own country without fucking it up for the last 50 years . game girl stfu !!!!
If this problem had never occurred before then maybe you could argue it was over the top. But these things KEEP happening with the 'smaller' languages. If this happens day in, day out, eventually you snap and take a stand. Understandably so. And before anyone says 'well he can speak English' - sure, most of us can speak a foreign language to some extent. But we are rarely as fluent in it as we are in our native language. That puts you at a disadvantage delivering a speech or debating and issue when most other people can express themselves freely with the full range of vocabulary and register they have in their mother tongue - and get translated.
In this case Muscat was making a statement by talking Maltese. Maybe he should have asked in the first place if a translator was available. To add to the absurdity he was a pronminent objector tp Malta's entry into the EU .... A few days ago he was back in Parliament facing an inquiry into corruption - this time he chose to defend himself in English !
im quarter maltese, quarter arab, and half iranian. when my maltese and arab relatives speak in their respective languages, they can understand nearly everything they say. its pretty cool.
I agree with Dr Muscat 100% that we have the right to speak in our language and provide him a translator like others, but he should deliver his massage in a peaceful way, at least for the first time and then if it happened again it will be a shame for them, then it will be the right time to show anger with a respectful way.
@@ayrtoncassar7300 this was 12 years ago before he became leader and drew up a roadmap to get rich quick together with Kurt Keith Konrad and some others from nexia BT, plus electrogas Yugen etc
@@ayrtoncassar7300 this was 12 yrs ago when he was an MEP. it was used in the election of 2013, for publicity. Now he is the most corrupt Prime minister Malta ever had. Nice accolade.
@@fisioserv i agree with you but it is irrelevant to place recent issues and news on events that took place half a decade ago, i am not a labourite and i do not agree with Muscat
Fil-principju ghandu ragun, imma l-metodu kien naqra ikrah. Meta imbaghad, ha nghiduha, tiftakar li Joseph ikellem lil uliedu bl-Ingliz, iktar u iktar jinstema artificjali f'din l-okkazjoni. Imissu jaghti l-ezempju.
"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it." Spoken like a true Patriot Dr.Muscat........some times one has to put his foot down and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
1:41 "Fuck off Legend!" I wish we in Serbia had politicians like this, who stand behind their country, not let others humiliate us! Well Done Mr. Muscat
He´s right! Or it is an official language or not ! Our German EU MP´s waste a lot of money when they move to Berlin from regions bordering Strasbourg or Belgium and travel to do their EU job. The EU administration is wasting millions for having two capitals in Strasbourg and Brussels. The EU premises cost billions. The EU spends millions on secretaries, questionable information offices, projects etc ... So they should be able to afford a translator for an official language ! By the way: most, but not all Maltese speak English well (some elderly in the villages, fishermen etc. don´t).
There are some very proficient speakers of English among the Maltese people. But not many. From what I know most speak some English with a very strong Maltese accent. Which is odd, because I am told it is rare to find a Maltese person who speaks Maltese with no effort at all. What this means is that most Maltese do not have a strong language at their disposal. The situation has been allowed to deteriorate to a point where the average Maltese does not have an adequate grasp of either English or Maltese. A people without a language has a rough time.
love it !! To the point , not to mention their vulgar swearing , the maltese have an elite called tal pepe , they feel that if they speak english they will be superior to the ones from tal rahal , i went to St Edwards College were we were not allowed to speak in Maltese , i left that place with very poor maltese writing and reading skills , my brother went to a government can hardly speak anything , The Island is so small but it is sooooooo fucked up . there is so much wrong about that island that . maybe one day i will write a book about it , from a haters point of view , because everything that befalls on malta it deserves for a simple reason , ITS PEOPLE .
Good for Mr. Muscat, it is about time that the Maltese and the Maltese government speak up. Glad that Mr. Muscat refused to continue. The EU should apologize for this blunder. Maybe Malta should follow the way the Quebec Government in Canada. Recently the Quebec Government gave the refugees an six months ultimatum to learn the French language. This had something to do with the French language and migrants who couldn't speak French and interpreters were required. As a Maltese-Canadian citizen living in a supposedly democratic bi-lingual country for the past sixty years, the Maltese-Canadian community is just a drop in the bucket, no recognition. Part of the problem in Malta is, not enough Maltese speak their native language, switching back and forth Maltese/English. Maltese should be proud of their language, I am. For foreigners It's not an easy language to speak and write, but it could be learned.
But his administration find it unwilling to get foreigners who sought to learn Maltese any classes or information to the foreigners to learn their second of their two official recognized language. (English/Maltese) Maltese when they’re speaking or scheming about a non national. English when they’re speaking or scheming with or to a non national.
There should be more people having the guts that he had and show to the EU commeties that even if we are a small country we have the right that every big country has
The EU should move to uniting all members under a common language, this is not being disrespectful to ones heritage but being practical and not sticking to Babylonian times just because we can or to try and satisfy all member states by make it their legal right.
@@RumblingAintTumbling No this happened 12 years ago when he was still an MEP. He was still corrupt. During the first days of his administration in 2013. He and his 3 colleagues had opened secret accounts in Panama, later transferred to Dubai, where the murderer of Dauphne had his secret company 17Balck. Now he resigned cause he couldn't do otherwise.....He was always a showman. He didn't want Malta to be accepted in the EU. He is not fit for his job. If he lived in the USA he would be locked up like his friend owner of Pilatus Bank.
@@RumblingAintTumbling This was 12 years ago when he was an MEP. This was brought out for the election, which was later, tainted with shades of corruption from the Panama papers. He is the most corrupt Prime Minister, Malta ever had. He should be thoroughly investigated by independent (not Maltese) police. thanks for your reply.
I agree with him completely, but maybe now he knows how the British people eligible to vote in Malta feel when non of the campaign speeches or debates are translated or subtitled for our benefit. English is an official language in Malta just as Maltese is an official language in the EU. It is hard to know who to vote for when you don't understand what is being said. But, let me reiterate, I agree with what he said.
Ghal kull min qed jghid li waqqa lil Malta ghac-cajt, skuzawni imma ser jkolli ma naqbillx maghkom u issa miniex qedt nitkellem bhala Laburista jew Nazzjonalista imma bhala Maltija ghax Joseph kull ma ghamel qabes ghal-lingwa taghna li ghandi nfakarkhom li ahna il-Maltin biss nitkelmuha. Il-Lingwa Maltija hija importanti bhal kwalunkwe lingwa ohra u ma nridux lil barranin intuhom l-idea li huma ahjar minnha u jghamlu li jridu bina.
Interesting!! I was always thinking that the Maltese Language is similar to Arabic but not the same, but I can easily understand what he said and I also can read and understand the comments?? The most surprising for me is that he pronounced the letter "q" as a glottal stop, because we also pronounce it like that in Egypt. This is an Egyptian Song and I don't know if you can also understand it: watch?v=OI-gRPJKGAA Your language's pronunciation is beautiful Greetings
Maltese is similar to Lebanese Because that is where the original countrymen emigrated from. Back then it was called Phoenicia and is a mixture between Syrian and Aramaic.
Thank you. Maltese is a dialect of *Arabic* but heavily polluted with Italian. There is also pollution (mostly French) in some other *Arabic* dialects like Tunisian and Algerian but at the end of the day *WE ARE ALL ARABS!*
Are you kidding?, this is a very serious matter, if he didnt do what he did it would have made us look weak, not unprofessional or rude, if anything Mr. Muscat made them look unprofessional, are not these people supposed to be la creme de la creme of the European community?
If you must know, identity compromises a lot of items...personal identity is your style, your way of thinking, your voice.... but Cultural identity; that has language written all over it.. language is what defines who you are; your accent, your way of talking, your volume, your voice...everything! there's other things, like history, traditions, and folklore...but language, is what we use daily to remind ourselves we are who we are.We are Maltese, we have our own language, we're unique. That's y
Dr. Muscat should have risen above the situation by showing his disapproval and excused himself because he would not be able to make his presentation because of the lack of translation rather than making the Maltese people look unprofessional and rude
Maltese is MALTESE, the most beautiful language in the world to us Maltese! It is our IDENTITY and evey true Maltese is so proud of it ... as is our beloved Prime Minister Joseph Muscat :)
To be honest, I think that his behaviour is a bit childish - however he is definitely right about his and our RIGHT to translation. Il-Malti is one one the European languages and Must be respected as one. Joseph just has to show more maturity and less emotion. One little island proudly standing to voice its rights and not one little boy stamping his feet.
He could have easily said "no problem ... as Maltese we are lucky we can speak both Maltese and English fluently" and the carried on in English and made a formal complaint after the meeting.
IT DOESN'T! Malta has *NEVER* had its own language. That's just a myth. *We* basically speak a dialect of *ARABIC* similar to Tunisian (but with Italian pollution) as *we* are descended from *Arabs* garrisons ourselves. Our Arabic dialect is written in an adapted Latin script. Malta is an *ARAB* country. It has always been *ARABIC* and it is *ARABIC* today!
@@sanchoodell6789Malta DOES have its own official language my dude. It derives from English, Arabic and Italian. I don’t hear Arabic people say words like Kompjuter or siġġu or ċikkulata, milied… are you sure you’re even Maltese. You should be proud we have a language so unique
@@nicolepoulton2255 It *DERIVES* from *ARABIC* which forms the base of the language with basic core vocabulary but certainly has been *influenced* by *Sicilian/Italian* in it latter stages and in more recent times English. The latter influences supplement much of the remaining vocabulary. The proof is you could make an *entire* sentence in Maltese just *only* using *Arabic/Semitic* based words but you *couldn't* make a full sentence in Maltese just using *Sicilian/Italian/Romance* ( without including *Arabic/Semitic* ) words.
This is not about communication. There are many jobs involved to handle the works in EU parliament, commission and the Council , lots of wages, lots of money and very few Maltese, due to a strict selection process. believe it or not some cannot be bothered (see the video again-the guys snickering) to give us what is rightfully ours, a place in Europe. I am not a partisan, but i must say the stand the Prime Minister took impressed me, it would serve us no good having a yes man out there.
I said that English wasn't regarded Important back in the day for us, now it is important just like Maltese -.-. Maltese is not an Arabian language for sure, we have got influences from a lot of Arabian languages, Sicilians, Norman French, Italian and English. I don't care what the other European members actually do, and our prime minister was standing for our rights thank you!.
@simon farrugia, theatrics??? Joeseph muscatt stood up and told it how it is. He obviously hot upset seeing as his country (thats he is PROUD of) is being made to look as if it is not taken seriously. The speaker explained "technical difficulties" however he has microphones,ear phones that probably cost more than a translater would cost for an hours work. @jellygirffe I am a Brit living in Malta also and agree with you that they should put subtitles for other nationals residing here. GoPL.
I think constituents probably do have a right to be addressed in their mother tongue, as in this particular instance. That said, perhaps a slight roll back on document translation is needed, given that the EU spends close to one billion euros on language accommodation, and many of the hundreds of thousands of documents are cast aside anyway. Perhaps something to be looked into.
how come this video has been published on the 6th of March, when Muscat represented Malta in the EU parliament for the first time on the 14th of March? Is this video from back when Muscat was an MEP?
Sewwa għamel, prosit! Il-lingwa maltija hija lingwa uffiċjali fl-Unjoni Ewropeja u allura għandu kull dritt li jitkellem b'ilsien art twelidu. Wera li il-Malti m'huwa tapit ta ħadd u la darba membri fl-Unjoni, suppost kulħadd indaqs. Kieku kienu il-franċiżi jew taljani, l-istess kienu jagħmlu. Kieku verament problemi tekniċi, kienu javżawh biex jistenna sa ma jirranġawhom meta interrompewh (nuqqas ta' traduttur MA JAQAX taħt problemi tekniċi). Kellu kull dritt (kważi dmir) li jipprotesta.
Yes it is a very huge problem!. Maltese is our national and official language, while English is just our second official language. Therefore we are not obliged to speak English,as God had provided us with a new way of expression, between these two continents we lie and its our duty to carry our history with us. Basically the laughing European comedians make me feel ashamed that we're European and are you really fighting for Equality?.
I support PN.. Though bloody hell.. i think this is the first time I have really supported Muscat in something. Effin well done.... Big balls! Nice! :))) His Maltese passion came all out! :D
Now to reply to your comment, and i'm replying in English so you understand the point. If i promise you something and i give it to you written on a piece of paper and when you come over i don't give it to you what would you say? It's just the same what he did. so what is the fuss all about? Yes Maltese was promised to be an official language and therefore it had to be dealt with.yes today Maltese speak their language thanks to the Prim Minister Joseph Muscat who showed how things should be done
Maltese is a very hard language to learn and use , the problem in malta is this, you have the ones called tal pepe who speak english and only english with a little touch of maltese ,these are pure snobs to their own . these people think they are superior to let's say the hamali from hamrun or the ones tar rahal like in siggiewi or rabat or zeytun , all the maltese speak differently, with most maltese speaking two languages i must warn you the maltese accent in english can be quite horrible i personally can't stand it and im half maltese , most maltese speak a mix of both and it is very common that 9 out ten words are swear words the maltese language is very extremely intense on swearing including heavily religion ( ooops am i saying to much truth !!!!! ) the maltese is racist against his own, I have no idea where people have this notion that maltese are nice , they call foreigners zob ta barranin and in general maltese hate foreigners because it makes them realise how inferior they are to rest , its their mentality , i mean the maltese believe that everything made abroad is better ( it is but that's not the point ) they actually have nothing to be proud of i am half maltese and i cannot find anything to be proud of of Malta . ooooh i forgot the malteses favorite word or saying is XA la ZOBBI , that in malta is like a badge of honor which means i dont give a shit , being xa la zobbi in malta is somewhat cool apparently , dak a la zobbu . yes Maltese Identity fucking JOKE !!! i hope you all have your heads between your legs in shame all of you who live in malta are responsible for the cesspool it is now , PROSET MALTIN , So yeah the corrupt Baldy Muscat yes bitch like bitch but you aint bitching now bitch ,
Well done Prime Minister and hope your request which is also the Maltese request is heard. No wonder the Maltese people gave you their majority vote where we are so proud of you in the way you tackled the situation. Shame on the persons who are responsible to see that there is a Maltese translator. Where is the meaning of union in the name of the European Union, may I ask?????
Lawrence jien ukoll kont inkellem lill uliedi bl-Ingliz meta kienu zghar imma llum, li huma kbar, kapaci jitkelmu Ingliz tajjeb u anki Malti tajjeb. X'jaghmel haddiehor id-dar mhux affarik, imma affarik li l-lingwa Maltija tigi mitkelma fl-Unjoni Ewropeja ghax pajjizi ohra jitkelmu bil-lingwa taghhom. Kellu bzonn ikollok il-gazz taghmel li ghamel Joseph meta tigi f'din is-sitwazzjoni u mhux tkun l-ghaqi. Grazzi talli qrajt il-kumment tieghi.
The reason may be valid but every member using its own language is such a waste of tax payers’ money. There is no common first language among member states so to save time and money all debates/meetings/summits should be made in English, unless they cannot speak English [in which case a translator will be appointed] as English as this is the most commonly used and studied second language.
Maltese is our ONLY NATIONAL LANGUAGE! English is one of our official languages not our national language! Get your facts right!! Dr Muscat fought for our National language, i.e. Maltese. Yes, is-sewwa jirbah zgur, and since Dr Muscat is considered as being dak li hu is-sewwa, I hope that he is the one in power, so that finally Malta tkun taghna lkoll!!!
Oh, I thought you were advocating for a single language in the entire world. And I know it's possible to learn to languages. I speak two fluently, and I can speak 2-3 languages pretty well on top of that. And even today, a language will drift apart, not as fast as before, due to better connection, but it will happen eventually.
Konkod blat int ma tiflahx siehbi? L ewwel net erga idhol sal primary school biex ifakkruk li il Malti huwa il lingwa taghna. U it tieni imissek tisthi titkellem ekk kontra patrijott Malti. Jista xi hadd iwegibni ghalfejn hawn nies hekk jilghaqu il barrani???
Sewwa għamel, għax li kieku ġrat lil xi ħadd Franċiż kieku l-istess kien jagħmel, minbarra l-fatt li l-Franċiżi (u oħrajn) kburin iżżejjed bil-lingwa tagħhom, u lanqas jindenjaw ruħhom jitgħalmu l-Ingliż.
Well done, JM. You have convinced 140 people (the current amount of likes on this vid) into believing you're a Maltese patriot, even though you educate your two wonderful (I mean it) kids to speak in English as their primary language. And no, "learning Maltese later" is not an answer, as my primary language is Maltese, but I am quite self-confident when conversing in English as well. PS: This very comment is in English in order to respect any readers that will bother reading my boring comment.
Joseph ma uliedu jirrappresenta missier... mal EU jirrapprezenta il Malta...valuri u mhux, dak mux Joseph muscat; dak il vuci ta Malta... sew ghamel; ghax kull malti ghandu jkun kburi ta li hu.
English was never regarded as important for the Maltese public in fact we didn't want to speak it at first. Maltese is an important language just like English, if it's not important for you it doesn't mean that it's important for me. It's not Arabic as ignorant people say, and I'm sure that they had laughed because of our language. You come here,look at our bus signs and start laughing like a bunch of idiots. Europeans and their celebration of languages, what's the use?.
Obviously you say this because it doesn't affect you, and man keep in mind that I'm not fighting with you :). Why should we remain quiet to such a social injustice?. If you were in his place, you would have delivered the speech in English because he ordered you to do so?. He reacted in that way because he wants the best for our country, Suddenly all of the world is against us because we're different, why is this?.
Malta became rich through the EU, it was this asshole who didn't want Malta to join, and when backstage they told him that there wasn't a translator he performed his show... nothing to do with being a patriot - he is the most corrupt Malta ever had.
And what language should that be? Who should be the lucky ones who get to retain their language? And what would you do when the languages starts to drift more and more appart. It's almost impossible for a language with more than million speakers to not have dialects or sociolects. For a language with 7 billion speakers it would be beyond impossible. Just take Glaswegian English and compare it to an English dialect from Nigeria? The only thing that links them together is the written form.
I do agree with JM, but I'don't like the way he delivered his message. He could just told them that he is not going to deliver his speech before a translator is present. There was no need of theatrics, I don' like his attitude at all.
Jien Nazzjonalist Itesserat. Imma nammira li ghamel dan, ghax ura pattrijottizmu u jekk b'dan l'ghagir holoq 4 jobs ghal hutu il Maltin ma setghax ghamel ahjar
As we will never succumb to other people, keep that in mind. We will always try to help where we can but we will never obey your discriminative approach. However you really do laugh when we speak in Maltese because I have seen it happening more than once. End of Argument as this can go on forever.
the maltese people are incapable of ruling themselves , end of argument , the language is not a real original one as they stole from the italian , french and english , you know because when we invented the language there were no airplanes , and nothing landed , but now l ajruplan il landia mhux hekk , if that is not hilarious , i know what you will say , xa la zobbi !! yeah correct , never succumb to other people hmmm strange the women definately look middle eastern to me with those hooked noses and eyes attached to the upper eye lid lol . you know the arabs passed on the island like in sicily and the rest of europe no such thing as real maltese ,
Malti...Lingwa bla sens minghir l-ebda sugu li giet iffurmata minn nies li ghaffguna taht saqajhom, u bill bicciet li rnexxielhom jifmhu ghaqdu lingwa, lingwa li ahna nippruvaw nffahhru, u nghidu li hija unika, izda taf ghalxiex.... GHAX ahna konna l uniki Ruffjani li ma ghamlu xejn biex jiddefendu lilhom nfushom u qaghdna fin-naghas tal-apatija: Anka missier il malti, iddiskustat minn kif il maltin jutilizzaw il malti taghna fil- poezija jum ir rebh Malta li kull min ra ghaffeg fuqha!!!!!!!
joe lun naqbel mija fil-mija mieghek, mhux affarija biex jitkellem u kien qed jirraprezenta lil Malta. Imma sfortunatament il-Malti jista' jibqa haj biss jekk nghadduh lill-generazzjonijiet ta' warajna u mhux billi nitkellmuh fil-parlament Ewropew. Dan stat ta' fatt.
Even if speech was not available on paper in English, does not justify the fact that there is no translator. Other countries do have a translator so why not our country? Your sentence is contradictory which leaves me no choice but to reply to it.
I am Polish and I am surprised he kept so calm. I could already imagine the outrage if that would be a common thing for Polish politicians, our people would even demonstrate against EU as this type o action would be a clear sign of disrespect and contempt. Basically what they decided to do was "Let's just pretend like there's nothing wrong and let him think he is actually bringing something into the debate".
Oh come on ! . mela. Ghaz mhux qieghed tikteb bl-Pollak ?
Malta has two languages, Maltese (primary lang) and English...He could have used both but being a person against the EU he tried to show off. He is a great salesman but also corrupt and co-starred in a murder.
@@fisioserv other countries also have English as their second language but I don't see them talking in English either, you hypocrite. We have our own language, we are a part of the EU, Maltese is an official language so we speak our language like every other country. Do not bring in the murder to this argument, as if you know the full story behind the impact, not only what they speak on social media.
I think the title should be changed. He didn’t make a scene he made a powerful and true statement. We need him back in office or a politician similar who has a backbone and the guts to stand up for Maltese people
His reaction was rightly appropriate, we were told that Maltese is an official language. If it were to be a bigger country in this situation there would have been an outrage. Just because we are a small country it does not mean we are inferior to larger countries. We can speak and write English fine as you can see, but still Maltese is our national language so why shouldn't we promote our language? It might seem like gibberish to the people who do not speak it, however it is an invalid argument because your language sounds like gibberish to me, it does not make your language any less important so just because you don't understand Maltese it does not make it any less important than the language you speak. Every other language had a translator so why shouldn't we have one?
Irish also did not have a translator.
gamergurl Omni Maltija. The Maltese language is actually beautiful on the ears, not just because I'm naturally biased, but however, a well spoken Maltese is beautifully spoken. For the world. Malta was very important in history. Annoys me how they all regard the Greatest Small Nation Ever as a wtf.
"The Maltese language is actually beautiful on the ears, not just because I'm naturally biased, but however, a well spoken Maltese is beautifully spoken."
Most agree that the use of circular logic in anything that could be regarded as an argument or discussion should be avoided..
Where on earth can you find someone with high level fluency in Maltese and Lithuanian, or Maltese and Irish, or Maltese and Slovakian?
I would be surprised if such a person even existed.
YEs Malta is inferior but only because the maltese say , ta barra kollox ahjar min malta , u daq joqqod barra mistajbien kemm gheddin ahjar ta barra , ghax ta barra ta , eh daq joqqod awstralia mela malta ghanda ghammel hawn , His reaction was typical maltese , wanted to be superior carry on in english show them how clever we are , put your point across , then destroy them after . Maltese are so stuck up , you really have nothing to be pompous about cant even rule your own country without fucking it up for the last 50 years . game girl stfu !!!!
If this problem had never occurred before then maybe you could argue it was over the top. But these things KEEP happening with the 'smaller' languages. If this happens day in, day out, eventually you snap and take a stand. Understandably so.
And before anyone says 'well he can speak English' - sure, most of us can speak a foreign language to some extent. But we are rarely as fluent in it as we are in our native language. That puts you at a disadvantage delivering a speech or debating and issue when most other people can express themselves freely with the full range of vocabulary and register they have in their mother tongue - and get translated.
Maltese is the official language.
+Denise Ciantar Maltese and Engish are both official languages in Malta. However, Maltese is also the National Language.
In this case Muscat was making a statement by talking Maltese. Maybe he should have asked in the first place if a translator was available.
To add to the absurdity he was a pronminent objector tp Malta's entry into the EU .... A few days ago he was back in Parliament facing an inquiry into corruption - this time he chose to defend himself in English !
Muscat is just a clown. He is just making a scene. What a joker.
@@ShinobiABV Maltese and English are our official languages, it is stated in the constitution of malta...
Maltese sounds like an Italian guy speaking Arabic and inserting Italian words whenever he doesn't know how to say what he wants to say.
fyi maltese is a language of a mix up of italian, english and arabic
im quarter maltese, quarter arab, and half iranian. when my maltese and arab relatives speak in their respective languages, they can understand nearly everything they say. its pretty cool.
The grammatical basis is Arabic. It's the vocabulary that is a mixture of Latin and Arabic.
"English Empire"
That's a first for me.
It's a Semitic language(Like Arabic and Hebrew) with elements of English and Italian as far as I remember
I'm with the nationalist party and even then I respect what Dr.Muscat did here.
Same.
u can respect what he did here but u cannot respect what he did after the 2013.
@@secla_SC he is still the most corrupt politician in 2019-award given by international journalists.
Yes, same here, the only thing i respect about him XD
I agree with Dr Muscat 100% that we have the right to speak in our language and provide him a translator like others, but he should deliver his massage in a peaceful way, at least for the first time and then if it happened again it will be a shame for them, then it will be the right time to show anger with a respectful way.
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+Flunker Grazzi. Omni Maltija. F** proud of Malta and Gozo. Viva.
+Noodles37UK anke jien patrijot ta dan il pajizz sabih Viva Malta u Ghawdex
isma habib fid dinja mhux se ssib bhalu
No. You are correct. Malta is unique.
I haven't been since 2008 and would KILL for a plate of hot pastizzi ta pizelli
yesss he is right no translation no speak. we are in EU and we should have matlese tarnsaltor
Although I do not see eye to eye with Mr.Muscat, with this video, I can see that Joseph really loves Malta
Yes that is why he is robbing it and killing it now. Nice trick mr Muscat
@@SegediInc give it a rest this was 6 years ago
@@ayrtoncassar7300 this was 12 years ago before he became leader and drew up a roadmap to get rich quick together with Kurt Keith Konrad and some others from nexia BT, plus electrogas Yugen etc
@@ayrtoncassar7300 this was 12 yrs ago when he was an MEP. it was used in the election of 2013, for publicity. Now he is the most corrupt Prime minister Malta ever had. Nice accolade.
@@fisioserv i agree with you but it is irrelevant to place recent issues and news on events that took place half a decade ago, i am not a labourite and i do not agree with Muscat
A hero
Fil-principju ghandu ragun, imma l-metodu kien naqra ikrah.
Meta imbaghad, ha nghiduha, tiftakar li Joseph ikellem lil uliedu bl-Ingliz, iktar u iktar jinstema artificjali f'din l-okkazjoni. Imissu jaghti l-ezempju.
The EU is giving us crap all the time on many issues. We should stand for our right! Well Done Dr. Muscat. Keep it up.
"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it." Spoken like a true Patriot Dr.Muscat........some times one has to put his foot down and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
that's what we told him and now he had to resign.
@@fisioserv kollu bil gideb taghkom in nazzjonalisti, joseph ghandu familja u jaf il limiti
1:41 "Fuck off Legend!" I wish we in Serbia had politicians like this, who stand behind their country, not let others humiliate us! Well Done Mr. Muscat
If you want him you can take him free of charge, he was voted the most corrupt politician of 2019 beating Puten and Trump
This aged well
He´s right! Or it is an official language or not ! Our German EU MP´s waste a lot of money when they move to Berlin from regions bordering Strasbourg or Belgium and travel to do their EU job. The EU administration is wasting millions for having two capitals in Strasbourg and Brussels. The EU premises cost billions. The EU spends millions on secretaries, questionable information offices, projects etc ... So they should be able to afford a translator for an official language ! By the way: most, but not all Maltese speak English well (some elderly in the villages, fishermen etc. don´t).
This video made maltese Gahan’s love this corrupt person
There are some very proficient speakers of English among the Maltese people. But not many. From what I know most speak some English with a very strong Maltese accent. Which is odd, because I am told it is rare to find a Maltese person who speaks Maltese with no effort at all. What this means is that most Maltese do not have a strong language at their disposal. The situation has been allowed to deteriorate to a point where the average Maltese does not have an adequate grasp of either English or Maltese. A people without a language has a rough time.
love it !! To the point , not to mention their vulgar swearing , the maltese have an elite called tal pepe , they feel that if they speak english they will be superior to the ones from tal rahal , i went to St Edwards College were we were not allowed to speak in Maltese , i left that place with very poor maltese writing and reading skills , my brother went to a government can hardly speak anything , The Island is so small but it is sooooooo fucked up . there is so much wrong about that island that . maybe one day i will write a book about it , from a haters point of view , because everything that befalls on malta it deserves for a simple reason , ITS PEOPLE .
Good for Mr. Muscat, it is about time that the Maltese and the Maltese government speak up. Glad that Mr. Muscat refused to continue. The EU should apologize for this blunder. Maybe Malta should follow the way the Quebec Government in Canada. Recently the Quebec Government gave the refugees an six months ultimatum to learn the French language. This had something to do with the French language and migrants who couldn't speak French and interpreters were required. As a Maltese-Canadian citizen living in a supposedly democratic bi-lingual country for the past sixty years, the Maltese-Canadian community is just a drop in the bucket, no recognition. Part of the problem in Malta is, not enough Maltese speak their native language, switching back and forth Maltese/English. Maltese should be proud of their language, I am. For foreigners It's not an easy language to speak and write, but it could be learned.
But his administration find it unwilling to get foreigners who sought to learn Maltese any classes or information to the foreigners to learn their second of their two official recognized language. (English/Maltese) Maltese when they’re speaking or scheming about a non national. English when they’re speaking or scheming with or to a non national.
I always recognize you like in this post: a strong man with a dignity and a frankness too.🙂
Maltese is an official language of the EU now, iirc.
I usually don't comment on anything especially where politcal figures appear, but, Joseph... you made me proud! Thanks!
are you still proud of Joseph, today 2019
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Weldone Dr. Joseph Muscat; you make me proud to say I am Maltese and to have changed my political believes and follow you. Viva Malta tghana l'ilkoll.
Hope you have converted back to see the true colours of this corrupt politician....
There should be more people having the guts that he had and show to the EU commeties that even if we are a small country we have the right that every big country has
The EU should move to uniting all members under a common language, this is not being disrespectful to ones heritage but being practical and not sticking to Babylonian times just because we can or to try and satisfy all member states by make it their legal right.
I’m Arab. I support Malta
RESPECT
u should respect those who respect Malta, not themselves. He is a corrupt politician, that's all
@@fisioserv this was 3 years ago ...
@@RumblingAintTumbling No this happened 12 years ago when he was still an MEP. He was still corrupt. During the first days of his administration in 2013. He and his 3 colleagues had opened secret accounts in Panama, later transferred to Dubai, where the murderer of Dauphne had his secret company 17Balck. Now he resigned cause he couldn't do otherwise.....He was always a showman. He didn't want Malta to be accepted in the EU. He is not fit for his job. If he lived in the USA he would be locked up like his friend owner of Pilatus Bank.
@@RumblingAintTumbling This was 12 years ago when he was an MEP. This was brought out for the election, which was later, tainted with shades of corruption from the Panama papers. He is the most corrupt Prime Minister, Malta ever had. He should be thoroughly investigated by independent (not Maltese) police. thanks for your reply.
I agree with him completely, but maybe now he knows how the British people eligible to vote in Malta feel when non of the campaign speeches or debates are translated or subtitled for our benefit. English is an official language in Malta just as Maltese is an official language in the EU. It is hard to know who to vote for when you don't understand what is being said. But, let me reiterate, I agree with what he said.
prosit Mr.Muscat ...hekk kif ghandu jkun Malti !!
Ghal kull min qed jghid li waqqa lil Malta ghac-cajt, skuzawni imma ser jkolli ma naqbillx maghkom u issa miniex qedt nitkellem bhala Laburista jew Nazzjonalista imma bhala Maltija ghax Joseph kull ma ghamel qabes ghal-lingwa taghna li ghandi nfakarkhom li ahna il-Maltin biss nitkelmuha. Il-Lingwa Maltija hija importanti bhal kwalunkwe lingwa ohra u ma nridux lil barranin intuhom l-idea li huma ahjar minnha u jghamlu li jridu bina.
ma nafx kif din tidher bhala xi haga neggativa. he had the courage to stand up for us maltese to be equal to our fellow european counterparts...
kein jaf li ma kienx hemm translator, u ried johrog ta eroj...mhux ghax veru jhobb il lingua, ghax id-dar mat-tfal tieghu bl-ingliz jitkellem.
Interesting!! I was always thinking that the Maltese Language is similar to Arabic but not the same, but I can easily understand what he said and I also can read and understand the comments?? The most surprising for me is that he pronounced the letter "q" as a glottal stop, because we also pronounce it like that in Egypt.
This is an Egyptian Song and I don't know if you can also understand it:
watch?v=OI-gRPJKGAA
Your language's pronunciation is beautiful
Greetings
Maltese is similar to Lebanese Because that is where the original countrymen emigrated from. Back then it was called Phoenicia and is a mixture between Syrian and Aramaic.
Thank you. Maltese is a dialect of *Arabic* but heavily polluted with Italian. There is also pollution (mostly French) in some other *Arabic* dialects like Tunisian and Algerian but at the end of the day *WE ARE ALL ARABS!*
Are you kidding?, this is a very serious matter, if he didnt do what he did it would have made us look weak, not unprofessional or rude, if anything Mr. Muscat made them look unprofessional, are not these people supposed to be la creme de la creme of the European community?
If you must know, identity compromises a lot of items...personal identity is your style, your way of thinking, your voice.... but Cultural identity; that has language written all over it.. language is what defines who you are; your accent, your way of talking, your volume, your voice...everything! there's other things, like history, traditions, and folklore...but language, is what we use daily to remind ourselves we are who we are.We are Maltese, we have our own language, we're unique. That's y
Joseph is one of the truly great statesmen of the 21st century. He single-handedly took Malta kicking and screaming into the EU. Nice hair too.
issa busli sormi , ghax waqqaqh gvern ,
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Dr. Muscat should have risen above the situation by showing his disapproval and excused himself because he would not be able to make his presentation because of the lack of translation rather than making the Maltese people look unprofessional and rude
Maltese is MALTESE, the most beautiful language in the world to us Maltese!
It is our IDENTITY and evey true Maltese is so proud of it ... as is our beloved Prime Minister Joseph Muscat :)
To be honest, I think that his behaviour is a bit childish - however he is definitely right about his and our RIGHT to translation. Il-Malti is one one the European languages and Must be respected as one. Joseph just has to show more maturity and less emotion. One little island proudly standing to voice its rights and not one little boy stamping his feet.
No, we're in a 'union' not one friggin country. We have different languages, we CAN speak english, but we're Malta, and we speak Maltese.
we speak Englis and Maltese both are in our constitution. Don't believe what the SuperOne radio says.
he had guts and made a point but defintely not the best way to do it..
He could have easily said "no problem ... as Maltese we are lucky we can speak both Maltese and English fluently" and the carried on in English and made a formal complaint after the meeting.
he is a showman, he needs to be centre stage...
@@fisioserv kemm niextieq li noqtlukom kolla. NIXTIEQ! foxx in nazzjonalisti!
@@malteseninja1047u jalla titqatlu maghhom, foxx il politika u min jappogjhom
I didn't even know Malta had its own language~
we have Maltese and English as a second language.
They are both the official languages of the country and most people here are bilingual.
IT DOESN'T! Malta has *NEVER* had its own language. That's just a myth. *We* basically speak a dialect of *ARABIC* similar to Tunisian (but with Italian pollution) as *we* are descended from *Arabs* garrisons ourselves. Our Arabic dialect is written in an adapted Latin script. Malta is an *ARAB* country. It has always been *ARABIC* and it is *ARABIC* today!
@@sanchoodell6789Malta DOES have its own official language my dude. It derives from English, Arabic and Italian. I don’t hear Arabic people say words like Kompjuter or siġġu or ċikkulata, milied… are you sure you’re even Maltese. You should be proud we have a language so unique
@@nicolepoulton2255 It *DERIVES* from *ARABIC* which forms the base of the language with basic core vocabulary but certainly has been *influenced* by *Sicilian/Italian* in it latter stages and in more recent times English. The latter influences supplement much of the remaining vocabulary. The proof is you could make an *entire* sentence in Maltese just *only* using *Arabic/Semitic* based words but you *couldn't* make a full sentence in Maltese just using *Sicilian/Italian/Romance* ( without including *Arabic/Semitic* ) words.
This is not about communication. There are many jobs involved to handle the works in EU parliament, commission and the Council , lots of wages, lots of money and very few Maltese, due to a strict selection process. believe it or not some cannot be bothered (see the video again-the guys snickering) to give us what is rightfully ours, a place in Europe. I am not a partisan, but i must say the stand the Prime Minister took impressed me, it would serve us no good having a yes man out there.
No, the EU is a Union, not a country. Never forget that
DOWN WITH THE .....E.U.
I said that English wasn't regarded Important back in the day for us, now it is important just like Maltese -.-. Maltese is not an Arabian language for sure, we have got influences from a lot of Arabian languages, Sicilians, Norman French, Italian and English. I don't care what the other European members actually do, and our prime minister was standing for our rights thank you!.
@simon farrugia, theatrics??? Joeseph muscatt stood up and told it how it is. He obviously hot upset seeing as his country (thats he is PROUD of) is being made to look as if it is not taken seriously. The speaker explained "technical difficulties" however he has microphones,ear phones that probably cost more than a translater would cost for an hours work. @jellygirffe I am a Brit living in Malta also and agree with you that they should put subtitles for other nationals residing here. GoPL.
good dr.muscat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well said, Joseph.
hekk sewwa amel jina narah illi ma waqax lil malta ghax cajt just kemm qabes ghal lingwa tana mhux hekk hbib :D
Prosit Mr Muscat ! Brawo dla Pana Onyszkiewicza
I think constituents probably do have a right to be addressed in their mother tongue, as in this particular instance. That said, perhaps a slight roll back on document translation is needed, given that the EU spends close to one billion euros on language accommodation, and many of the hundreds of thousands of documents are cast aside anyway. Perhaps something to be looked into.
how come this video has been published on the 6th of March, when Muscat represented Malta in the EU parliament for the first time on the 14th of March? Is this video from back when Muscat was an MEP?
it is 12 years old. it was brought out for the elections of 2013,
Sewwa għamel, prosit! Il-lingwa maltija hija lingwa uffiċjali fl-Unjoni Ewropeja u allura għandu kull dritt li jitkellem b'ilsien art twelidu. Wera li il-Malti m'huwa tapit ta ħadd u la darba membri fl-Unjoni, suppost kulħadd indaqs. Kieku kienu il-franċiżi jew taljani, l-istess kienu jagħmlu. Kieku verament problemi tekniċi, kienu javżawh biex jistenna sa ma jirranġawhom meta interrompewh (nuqqas ta' traduttur MA JAQAX taħt problemi tekniċi). Kellu kull dritt (kważi dmir) li jipprotesta.
If language is superficial .. what isn't?
Yes it is a very huge problem!. Maltese is our national and official language, while English is just our second official language. Therefore we are not obliged to speak English,as God had provided us with a new way of expression, between these two continents we lie and its our duty to carry our history with us. Basically the laughing European comedians make me feel ashamed that we're European and are you really fighting for Equality?.
Fuck the EU .... well done UK 👌
I support PN.. Though bloody hell.. i think this is the first time I have really supported Muscat in something. Effin well done.... Big balls! Nice! :))) His Maltese passion came all out! :D
mhux hekk mazzun
Now to reply to your comment, and i'm replying in English so you understand the point. If i promise you something and i give it to you written on a piece of paper and when you come over i don't give it to you what would you say? It's just the same what he did. so what is the fuss all about? Yes Maltese was promised to be an official language and therefore it had to be dealt with.yes today Maltese speak their language thanks to the Prim Minister Joseph Muscat who showed how things should be done
Maltese is a very hard language to learn and use , the problem in malta is this, you have the ones called tal pepe who speak english and only english with a little touch of maltese ,these are pure snobs to their own . these people think they are superior to let's say the hamali from hamrun or the ones tar rahal like in siggiewi or rabat or zeytun , all the maltese speak differently, with most maltese speaking two languages i must warn you the maltese accent in english can be quite horrible i personally can't stand it and im half maltese , most maltese speak a mix of both and it is very common that 9 out ten words are swear words the maltese language is very extremely intense on swearing including heavily religion ( ooops am i saying to much truth !!!!! ) the maltese is racist against his own, I have no idea where people have this notion that maltese are nice , they call foreigners zob ta barranin and in general maltese hate foreigners because it makes them realise how inferior they are to rest , its their mentality , i mean the maltese believe that everything made abroad is better ( it is but that's not the point ) they actually have nothing to be proud of i am half maltese and i cannot find anything to be proud of of Malta .
ooooh i forgot the malteses favorite word or saying is XA la ZOBBI , that in malta is like a badge of honor which means i dont give a shit , being xa la zobbi in malta is somewhat cool apparently , dak a la zobbu . yes Maltese Identity fucking JOKE !!! i hope you all have your heads between your legs in shame all of you who live in malta are responsible for the cesspool it is now , PROSET MALTIN , So yeah the corrupt Baldy Muscat yes bitch like bitch but you aint bitching now bitch ,
Well done Prime Minister and hope your request which is also the Maltese request is heard. No wonder the Maltese people gave you their majority vote where we are so proud of you in the way you tackled the situation. Shame on the persons who are responsible to see that there is a Maltese translator. Where is the meaning of union in the name of the European Union, may I ask?????
Lawrence jien ukoll kont inkellem lill uliedi bl-Ingliz meta kienu zghar imma llum, li huma kbar, kapaci jitkelmu Ingliz tajjeb u anki Malti tajjeb. X'jaghmel haddiehor id-dar mhux affarik, imma affarik li l-lingwa Maltija tigi mitkelma fl-Unjoni Ewropeja ghax pajjizi ohra jitkelmu bil-lingwa taghhom. Kellu bzonn ikollok il-gazz taghmel li ghamel Joseph meta tigi f'din is-sitwazzjoni u mhux tkun l-ghaqi. Grazzi talli qrajt il-kumment tieghi.
respect from Sardinia
this guy should not be respected, as he was given the award for the most corrupt politician of 2019, by a group of independent journalists.
bravo!
The reason may be valid but every member using its own language is such a waste of tax payers’ money. There is no common first language among member states so to save time and money all debates/meetings/summits should be made in English, unless they cannot speak English [in which case a translator will be appointed] as English as this is the most commonly used and studied second language.
Maltese is our ONLY NATIONAL LANGUAGE! English is one of our official languages not our national language! Get your facts right!! Dr Muscat fought for our National language, i.e. Maltese. Yes, is-sewwa jirbah zgur, and since Dr Muscat is considered as being dak li hu is-sewwa, I hope that he is the one in power, so that finally Malta tkun taghna lkoll!!!
Didn't work out so well now did it !!!
Grazzi li fl-ahhar hawn xi hadt li jabez ghall lingwa li tamilna Maltin
Tajba siehbi !!
Fl-ahhar rajnielu l-kuluri tieghu, abjad u iswed ghal gol habs.
Ghat-Teatrin lewwel jiehu Lord Egrant.
Viva Joseph taghna!
l-aktar politiku korrott li kella Malta
@@fisioserv u int zibel bhan-nazzjonalisti kolla! foxx familtek u l-mejtin tieghek.
Oh, I thought you were advocating for a single language in the entire world. And I know it's possible to learn to languages. I speak two fluently, and I can speak 2-3 languages pretty well on top of that.
And even today, a language will drift apart, not as fast as before, due to better connection, but it will happen eventually.
Great job mister Muscat. If it were the French it would of been war.
respect
u cannot respect the most corrupt politician of 2019, can you?
Konkod blat int ma tiflahx siehbi? L ewwel net erga idhol sal primary school biex ifakkruk li il Malti huwa il lingwa taghna. U it tieni imissek tisthi titkellem ekk kontra patrijott Malti. Jista xi hadd iwegibni ghalfejn hawn nies hekk jilghaqu il barrani???
Sewwa għamel, għax li kieku ġrat lil xi ħadd Franċiż kieku l-istess kien jagħmel, minbarra l-fatt li l-Franċiżi (u oħrajn) kburin iżżejjed bil-lingwa tagħhom, u lanqas jindenjaw ruħhom jitgħalmu l-Ingliż.
Well done, JM. You have convinced 140 people (the current amount of likes on this vid) into believing you're a Maltese patriot, even though you educate your two wonderful (I mean it) kids to speak in English as their primary language. And no, "learning Maltese later" is not an answer, as my primary language is Maltese, but I am quite self-confident when conversing in English as well.
PS: This very comment is in English in order to respect any readers that will bother reading my boring comment.
Joseph ma uliedu jirrappresenta missier... mal EU jirrapprezenta il Malta...valuri u mhux, dak mux Joseph muscat; dak il vuci ta Malta... sew ghamel; ghax kull malti ghandu jkun kburi ta li hu.
English was never regarded as important for the Maltese public in fact we didn't want to speak it at first. Maltese is an important language just like English, if it's not important for you it doesn't mean that it's important for me. It's not Arabic as ignorant people say, and I'm sure that they had laughed because of our language. You come here,look at our bus signs and start laughing like a bunch of idiots. Europeans and their celebration of languages, what's the use?.
Obviously you say this because it doesn't affect you, and man keep in mind that I'm not fighting with you :). Why should we remain quiet to such a social injustice?. If you were in his place, you would have delivered the speech in English because he ordered you to do so?. He reacted in that way because he wants the best for our country, Suddenly all of the world is against us because we're different, why is this?.
Form Malta with Love╭∩╮（︶︿︶）╭∩╮ EU! Well Done Mr. Muscat..
Malta became rich through the EU, it was this asshole who didn't want Malta to join, and when backstage they told him that there wasn't a translator he performed his show... nothing to do with being a patriot - he is the most corrupt Malta ever had.
It is hard to like politics sometimes.
And what language should that be?
Who should be the lucky ones who get to retain their language?
And what would you do when the languages starts to drift more and more appart. It's almost impossible for a language with more than million speakers to not have dialects or sociolects. For a language with 7 billion speakers it would be beyond impossible. Just take Glaswegian English and compare it to an English dialect from Nigeria? The only thing that links them together is the written form.
He is standing for what we believe in .!!!!!!
No, because we need to retain our identity
that's why we sold our passports to Russian or Arabic rich people
I do agree with JM, but I'don't like the way he delivered his message. He could just told them that he is not going to deliver his speech before a translator is present. There was no need of theatrics, I don' like his attitude at all.
What language is your language "gibberish"?
We lead by example ... and you might just follow if you can keep up with us ;)
when was this???
12 years ago, when he was an MEP voting against Malta entering the EU.
Jien Nazzjonalist Itesserat. Imma nammira li ghamel dan, ghax ura pattrijottizmu u jekk b'dan l'ghagir holoq 4 jobs ghal hutu il Maltin ma setghax ghamel ahjar
Dan hu l-aktar Prim Ministru korrott li Malta qatt ratt, ghadek tammirah?
As we will never succumb to other people, keep that in mind. We will always try to help where we can but we will never obey your discriminative approach. However you really do laugh when we speak in Maltese because I have seen it happening more than once. End of Argument as this can go on forever.
the maltese people are incapable of ruling themselves , end of argument , the language is not a real original one as they stole from the italian , french and english , you know because when we invented the language there were no airplanes , and nothing landed , but now l ajruplan il landia mhux hekk , if that is not hilarious , i know what you will say , xa la zobbi !! yeah correct , never succumb to other people hmmm strange the women definately look middle eastern to me with those hooked noses and eyes attached to the upper eye lid lol . you know the arabs passed on the island like in sicily and the rest of europe no such thing as real maltese ,
A truly Maltese patriot. Well done!
well his true colors came out...he is the most corrupt politician in Maltese history
Oqoghdu Ifirhu BL - Ewropa ara kem jistmawna !!! Proset Joseph li kelek il kuragg li titkelem mhux bhal xi partit iehor li joqodu jilaqu l - ewropa
Malti...Lingwa bla sens minghir l-ebda sugu li giet iffurmata minn nies li ghaffguna taht saqajhom, u bill bicciet li rnexxielhom jifmhu ghaqdu lingwa, lingwa li ahna nippruvaw nffahhru, u nghidu li hija unika, izda taf ghalxiex.... GHAX ahna konna l uniki Ruffjani li ma ghamlu xejn biex jiddefendu lilhom nfushom u qaghdna fin-naghas tal-apatija:
Anka missier il malti, iddiskustat minn kif il maltin jutilizzaw il malti taghna fil- poezija jum ir rebh
Malta li kull min ra ghaffeg fuqha!!!!!!!
joe lun naqbel mija fil-mija mieghek, mhux affarija biex jitkellem u kien qed jirraprezenta lil Malta.
Imma sfortunatament il-Malti jista' jibqa haj biss jekk nghadduh lill-generazzjonijiet ta' warajna u mhux billi nitkellmuh fil-parlament Ewropew. Dan stat ta' fatt.
Even if speech was not available on paper in English, does not justify the fact that there is no translator. Other countries do have a translator so why not our country? Your sentence is contradictory which leaves me no choice but to reply to it.
Tijhom joseph!!
HEMM HU TAGHNA :)
Mhux tieghi, jien ma nridx korrotti bhala hbieb.
AHRALU HEJ !!!!!
sorry but if your not maltese please dont get in this argument
Bravo
Well done Joseph!
He did well, but for himself in panama dubai and azerbajgan